Note: this is an archived version which has been superseded. The current SNR catalogue is at http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/surveys/snrs/

G160.9+2.6 HB9

Notes: Has been called G160.5+2.8 and G160.4+2.8.

Radio: Large, filamentary shell.
Optical: Incomplete shell.
X-ray: Centrally brightened.
Point sources: Pulsar within boundary of the remnant, plus several nearby compact radio sources.
Distance: Various observations suggests less than 4 kpc.

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Last updated: 1 Aug 2000


Dave Green/MRAO, Cambridge, UK/D.A.Green@mrao.cam.ac.uk